History BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Brighton
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Faculty of Arts - Uni. of Brighton
Bachelor's degree East Sussex / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
Weymouth College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
King's College London
Postgraduate Onlinehigher than £ 9000 -
University of Hertfordshire
Master Online£ 9,360 -
Dept. History and Welsh History - Aberystwyth University
Master Distance LearningPrice on request -
University of Dundee
Master Distance Learning£ 7,620 -
Canterbury College
Course OnlinePrice on request
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Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
3 Years
At Sussex, history matters. To understand our changing world, you’ll learn how the past shapes the present.
You study world history from the 16th century to today, with unrivalled resources at your fingertips. By working with expert historians, you develop strong knowledge in your chosen field. You learn how to become a practising historian.
You'll engage with historical evidence of international interest from our special collections. These include the papers of Virginia Woolf and Rudyard Kipling, and the Mass Observation Archive, housed at The Keep, a state-of-the-art archive conservation building located next to the Sussex campus.
Choice is key to our history degrees. Our modules are global – including the Middle East, Europe, Britain, America, Asia – with thematic options on gender, race, war and popular culture. Sussex history degrees give you critical and transferable skills that equip you for today’s workplace.
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About this course
Recent graduates from the Department of History have gone on to a range of jobs, including:
civil servant, HMRC
digital marketing manager, Creative Process
gallery assistant, V&A.
You should have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.
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Subjects
- Historical Controversy
- Ideas of History
- Global History
- History Short Period
- History Special Dissertation
- Photography and History
- Photography
- History
- Resistance and History
- Social Network and History
Course programme
Autumn teaching
- Historical Controversy
- The Early Modern World
- The History of Now
- The Making of the Modern World
At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.
Year 2 at sussex
- Ideas of History
- Global History 1500-2000: Trade, Science, Environment and Empire
Autumn teaching
- History Short Period: America in the 20th Century
- History Short Period: Britain in the 20th Century
- History Short Period: England in the 16th Century
- History Short Period: Europe in the 20th Century
- History Short Period: The Middle East and North Africa since 1908
- Time and Place 1851: Science, Empire and Exhibitionism
- Time and Place 2008: The Spectacle of the Beijing Olympics
- Time and Place: 1796: Lithography and the Mass Produced Image
- Time and Place: 1831: Slave Revolts
- Time and Place: 1861: The Coming of the American Civil War
- Time and Place: 1938: Kristallnacht
- Time and Place: 1948: The Founding of Israel
- Time and Place: 1953: Monarchs and Murders
- Time and Place: 1968: Rivers of Blood
At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.
Study abroad or Placement
Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.
Placement (optional)A placement is a great way to network and gain practical skills. When you leave Sussex, you’ll benefit from having the experience employers are looking for.
Year 3 at sussex
- History Special Dissertation
Autumn teaching
- Past and Present: Photography and History
- Past and Present: Resistance and History
- Past and Present: The Concentration Camp and History
- Past and Present: The Social Network and History
- Special Subject: Britain and the Second World War
- Special Subject: Cinema and Society in Britain, 1935-1955
- Special Subject: Domesticity and its Discontents: Women in Post-War Britain
- Special Subject: End of Empire: Nationalism, Decolonisation and the British Raj in India 1937-1950
- Special Subject: From Zionism to Post Zionism
- Special Subject: Palestine in Transition, 1900-1948: Everyday Life in Times of Change
- Special Subject: Post-Rave Britain, 1988 - present
- Special Subject: Reforming Islam in the 20th Century: Modernism, Revivalism, Extremism, Terrorism
- Special Subject: The Century of the Gene
- Special Subject: The Civil Rights Movement
- Special Subject: The European Experience of the First World War
- History Thematic Course: (Digital) Archives
- History Thematic Course: Fascisms
- History Thematic Course: Renaissance
- History Thematic Course: The Enlightenment
- History Thematic Course: The Sixties
Additional information
History BA (Hons)
-
Faculty of Arts - Uni. of Brighton
Bachelor's degree East Sussex / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
Weymouth College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
King's College London
Postgraduate Onlinehigher than £ 9000 -
University of Hertfordshire
Master Online£ 9,360 -
Dept. History and Welsh History - Aberystwyth University
Master Distance LearningPrice on request -
University of Dundee
Master Distance Learning£ 7,620 -
Canterbury College
Course OnlinePrice on request
See all